Hi DonnaLucy! Yes, I'm fine, thankyou. I missed you guys.
I've also been wondering where V-K Fan is for a long time now. Has anyone heard anything? Does anyone talk to her outside of the board?
Vincent-Kathryn Fan, if you're reading this, we miss you and hope you are ok.
Hope we didn't do anything to make you go away.
Vurtgirl

What's up with all the MIAs lately? Do we need to get Anthony LaPaglia over here or what?

Good to see you, vurt! Hope you stick around (you have a calming influence on naydi).

Yeah, hiya vurt kiddo! Cvl was working up to getting out her personal snowplow to dig you out. And V-K fan? Ou es tu, anyway?

I'm so behind in my reading on this effing board that I/m dashing between threads. Bloody NBC, give us subsections or whatever they're called! Are the budgets so tight the Peacock can't afford the bandwidth ? Getting posts organised in this place must be like the proverbial herding of cats for Rowe. For myself, I'm finding buried treasure in the most unlikely spots. Should be unburied. God knows where I'm going to find my forthcoming music appreciation course by Naydi. What to do, what to do... Call on Frances Goren to 'librarianise' the joint, maybe.

Darlin' - whenever you find buried treasure, please shoot me a PM so I can unearth it and put it in its rightful place. I've been behind myself these days.

I can hear it screaming at me now. It wants me to let it out. Why won't you let me help you????

beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
Hi, b

Frances did come in to help. Unfortunately, it was this week while rowe had to be away. After a few weeks of refusing her meds. Cvl and the boys had a h'll of a time trying to get her back into the hospital. 'twas quite the zany adventure. Them little ones run fast...

Yes - Your friendly, people-killing Australian Box Jelly sans tentacles. I'm also seeing an obliquely positioned alien eye cutting through the center.

We see much for we are many...

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Mari: The picture you paint is just horrible. I do hope some changes come sooner rather than later; though, as you've shared, it won't be anytime literally "soon". It's a shame to be in fear of the random horrible crime AND then have the addtional fear of having justice officials make a complete mockery of your suffering, thereafter, if anything should actually happen! Nothing stresses me more, actually, than being trapped under a feeling of a complete lack of security - that recognition of the fact that I am and could continue for some time to be living in a state of certain uncertainty about a particulary major issue. **shiver**

Well Naydi, lest you fear, the odds of any Canadian being victimized is astronomically low. To me, as you deduce, the true betrayal is lack of justice. First hand I've watched judges rule, "I want to send a strong message." Then hand down a three year sentence; (for beating a girl within an inch of her life with a hammer) that was what this nitwit considered a strong message? (Out in two, time credited pending trial, he walked up to the vic on the street and said "Boo". That's how she found out he was out.) Do you think that violated his parole? Yep. Did he get re-arrested? Yep. Did he go back in to the big house? Nope. He hadn't reoffended in two years. Honestly, that was what the JP said. Kind of hard to reoffend in the pen. I know, this happens in America too, and the UK, and Australia. Wrong no matter where it is. I suppose I bought into all that stuff they tell you as a child about right and wrong, good and bad, and standing up for victims....
I do happen to believe that so long as people stand up, it can make a difference, even if it takes a long time. I know that sounds silly, and I'm known as being a pragmatist, if not a cynic; but I do think if you keep at it sooner or later something good sticks. It pays to keep your eyes open, and your wits about you, in any case, at all times. Not to be paraniod, but reasonably aware.
Mari

Yes, Vurtgirl, welcome back.

I PM'd VK fan over a week ago, but still have not heard from her. I hope she's ok.

BTW, I have gone to post on the L&O board, I've watched the mothership since the first ep (yeah, I'm suddenly thinking now I can't lie about my age). I don't watch SVU often, so I haven't really been over there much, they are pretty vocal too, but I deduce that it is we CIers who are super passionate about our favourite show, and seem to be able to talk about it endlessly, with deep insight. This kind of fan loyalty and interest is rare, and unlike phenom shows where it burns brightly then flames out, NBC has a chance to look at this dispassionately and see what loyal viewers we are. This is all to the good. Have to ad that healthy fanship is what I'm extolling here. (In joke in light of some stuff...)
Mari

Just finished reading one book I borrowed from a friend. It was really inspiring. It helps me forget all the stress and troubles that upset me. As if, nothing ever happened. I love the book so much I can’t wait to visit the store to get a copy of my own. That was worth reading for. It was a wonderful way to spend on a nice Saturday afternoon.

have any of you guys seen Stir of Echoes? with kate erbe. I liked it alot because she was in it. It was a really weird movie but she did it well. its so weird seeing her in a different role. if anyone has seen it tell me what you think, because i dont really know what i think...

I saw it. I really liked that movie. I like how everything came together at the end. It was cool. I made my friend watch it last year. She hates anything but comedies yet she actually really liked that movie. Erbe was great in it and Kevin Bacon...well I don't like him but i did like him in this movie.

Hi Keiko12,
That sounds like a good book! I love reading, I read a new book every two or three days. What was the title and author? This might be an idea, here on OT or on a thread, since we have L&O CI (and or SVU/L&O) in common, we might like sharing books we enjoyed with each other? Like a CI Fan Book Club?
Mari

Hi alliehalliwell, and Keiko12 again! I love 'Stir of Echoes'! That's the movie that my friend loves so much when he saw KE was on CI he began watching to see her again, and now adores CI. I have the special ed. DVD and I watch it at least every month. It was supernatural, and in a case of bad timing, came out in theatres like a week after 'The Sixth Sense' and got lost in the shuffle. It was also a straight up murder mystery too, I thought it was really cool how Kevin's character began to empathise with the murder victim through ghostly events, and then felt determined to get justice for her. I loved Kate's performance, she was funny, exasperated/worried, then she had to change her mind when she believed what was happening, and ends up saving the day! Agree with Roger Ebert who felt it was unjustly overlooked.
Mari

This is an edit of my original post commenting on something that Naydi discovered at the reel (thanks Nay!).


There was a "faked" story today about VDO having an accident in New Zealand. It's not true, in fact the website that originated the story has no one's name in the story at all. People are encouraged (!) to put their own name or friends name in to the URL which will insert their name into any number of wacky stories. It's not stored anywhere, it was not a fake press release that was distributed anywhere. Someone thought it would be funny (Oh, yeah. Hahaha. Real funny.) to put VDO's name into one of the stories and then sent the link to a fan...who panicked and sent it to the reel. After some investigation, the story doesn't exist. The story is fictious, anyone's name can be inserted into it, it is not saved on their server, nor is it distributed anywhere. It's totally a prank and is unrelated to Vincent's name specifically.

The reel has taken the link down so as not to give publicity to this weirdo website. Why anyone would want to "scare" their family and friends with this kind of gag is preposterous, but hey, what do I know? I'm not hip, I guess. In any case, I've deleted all our previous messages about it and we can get on with our lives.

Man - too much crap in the news this week. I KNOW WHAT WE NEED!!! "BROTHER'S KEEPER"!!!

rowe

HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Knew something was fishy with this one....

Great work, Holmes!!!

Just saw your handiwork at The Reel, Rowe.

Good job getting them to delete the link.

I am SO gald i didnt see that. i would have been calling my fam and been as sad. Thanks for the warning though, you are so good!

so, keiko, that video that you have in your sig, is that from the SVU on the same night as albatross? I really wanted to see that one because it looked really good, but i thought i shouldnt because i get all weird when people do tourture things, (can you imagine me with blind spot?? Eames!) so i didnt watch it.

Well, You should have. And it wasn't like Eames' scene in 'Blind Spot'. The best scenes were cool! The former WWWE wrestler was a guest star in it, and he carried Stabler and threw him over the window! Also, Liv and the tech guy were in Men's room trying to figure out to catch the company's code.


You mean the 'Loophole' episode? No. This video must be from one of Mariska's movies, or old episodes I haven't seen.

so then, someone put stabler in there? thats kinda funny.

Well...got home about a 1/2 hour ago from taking the NCLEX boards... I feel pretty good about it and pretty much like more of a zombie now than when I was going in. The test shut off at the minimum 75 questions, which could mean that you've been on the passing curve for a large enough amount of time to prove that you still would be with more than 75 questions OR you've been below the curve for the same, proving that you would still be no matter how many more questions you get. All my classmates that I know of who went before me - shutting off at 75 - cried violently when they got home, convinced that they failed. Knowing this, I don't know if feeling good is a GOOD thing or a bad thing. The soonest I'll know if I passed will be Friday morning, via the pay-per 'unofficial results' online or telephone system. I'll be getting out of the house very, very soon to stop thinking about the whole thing. What has me feeling good though (beyond the relief of being 'set free' at the minimum # of questions) is:

#1 - Kept reminding myself to stay in control of the test while I was taking it: Main point of every question is safety - Period, No reading ahead, No 'ya-but's, No 'finishing sentences' - take in every word; Stop, look away, hold breath, do what's needed to 'shut up' at the start of the mental 'arrooooghh' before the HR spikes...

#2 - There were NO Maternity questions (Thank you, Jesus!!)

#3 - Memorized key concepts actually showed up and repeated themselves (adrenals - think potassium first; infection control - negative pressure for nurse, postive pressure for immunocompromised;, etc.)

and, finally,

#4 - Within the last 10, got the same gift question twice. Performing pre-op assessment with a patient in for surgery for a bowel intussuscption (bowel telescoped down into itself), what would need to be brought immediately to the MD's attention. The correct answer option given both times: the passage of soft, formed brown stool.
- A gift question because, if normal stool is passed that means the bowel corrected itself and surgery isn't needed.

So, all in all, even moreso after typing out my reasons for feeling good about the whole thing, (not going to be even more redundant, here!)

Please, though, those of you who care - no well wishes and such until I know, okay? Though I can't change anything now, and the scoring is what it is whether I know or not at this point - I still don't want to get too ahead of myself.......

Yeah - I know that's weird... Anxiety coping is anxiety coping, though - long as the method is a healthy one!

Look, as far as I'm concerned, you got the pin. You are RN. NCLEX has and always will sound to me like you're going for a seat at the Stock Exchange. (Also a good career move.)

Here, have some mood-enhancing phenylalanine, aka a Toblerone. And here's a lychee martini to wash it down. Now we're anxiety-coping a whooooole lot moh bettah, si?

Tried to take pictures of the ducks but the batteries in my camera needed recharging... (was bright and beautiful yesterday morning post-test... 100 or so visting mallards hanging out with the resident group and the 8-brother/sister group of pekings -7 white, 1 daffy duck- sunning themselves in the snow... would have been lovely... have lived there over a year and have yet to take pictures of any of them..) So -instead- the warmth of an attention-starved cat and a couple of grapes and two peanutbutter layered chocolate-covered cookies at mom's house had to suffice 'til I could get to the Naked Fish for the coconut crusted calamari and coconut-orange haddock last night.... Didn't dawn on me until right now that I could have gone to see pregnant, homebound and lonely Tara, but -terrible as it is to say- I think she would have made me even more on edge than I already was/am. Feeling a little less edgy today, but, I really don't want to be at work. If I were home, though; it'd be so much worse. I, apparently, have the sympathy of the lawyer my sister works for who was almost literally crawling up the walls waiting the two days for his bar results so many years ago - second day being worst than the first. Again - today's not so bad, if only I could shut the h'll up from keeping the air around me as full as possible. It's kind of bad when your throat starts to hurt from running your mouth so much. d'AAAAH well!!!!

Just checked online (can't dial the 1-900 number from here); nothing yet....

AAAAAGH!!! I thought you might have posted the news.........standing by, waiting, waiting.....

I am not Crazy, I just went back and discovered the post I was
responding to was in Oct of last year!!!! Back on page 3 or 4.

Sorry for not having the hang of it yet!!!


Congratulation Naydi!! Your post of having Passed is yet to come.
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So many things I'd like to comment one, hope I have time on
my lunch hour. I loved X-Files I have every episode on tape, and the
spin off (sorta) Millennium. All kinda creepy makes ya wonder sort of stuff
Who played Frank? Can't recall his name right now, but hed be an
excellent villain for LOCI. American Gothic ohhh I did have it bad
for Gary Cole.. Lucas Buck was it? The Buck stops here...Someones at
the door.. Love the kid too was he in Slingblade? The guy who
played the Dr, hasn't he been in LOCI?

Another matter I am cramming this into my lunch as I am having a
terrible time posting at home. When I click on reply I get the box
(ooh the box) but no curser its driving me crazy (not a far drive).

Also What is the name of the episode this year with the amazing Bill Irwin in
it? Liza is in it too but Bill I have been a fan of since he was a clown in the Pickle Family Circus, yes I am in California (SF).

I have so much more to express I haven't even had time to express
my great admiration for VDO and the wonderful character I (we) have
come to love Bobby Goren!!!!

Thanks for letting me vent...uh oh co-workers are filtering back in.


BTW at home I have an iMac is that the problem?
Luv,
Devca

i gotta IMac too, dont think thats the problam, but other than that, i am no help. sorry.

ok, so i had this brilliant idea yesterday. I think that a majority of the CI fans are somewhat OCD. i think this because a lot of people have said that they are OCD on this board.Sso i want to make a poll thing and see how many people on this board (who are most likely people who love CI) are OCD. So, can someone tell me how to do that please?? thank you!

Bottom of the screen, click on 'new topic'. When you fill in the topic title, don't forget to do OT (so we know it's off topic). once you filled in the title, click on 'manage poll' underneath that. It's fairly straight forward from there on. type in the choices - Yes or No...and in the comment box, whatever you want to say.

Hope that helped.

Thanks Allie,

Sometimes it works sometimes it don't

Devca

Passed!!!!!!

Congratulations Naydi!
Get down with your bad self! Isn't it odd, to try to distill good nursing into question and answer form, when anyone who has ever been either a patient (me) or an RN (you) knows that that ain't where nursing is at anyway? Good for you, and See? Sometimes when you put in all the hard work and worry, it does pay off! So, now your heart rate can return to normal...You can feel more like yourself, and less like being stuck in limbo, waiting. Never doubted you myself.
Mari

Yeeeeay!!! I've now moved from shocked almost, dare I say, anti-climatic realization that the journey is over into YEAH - The Journey's Over; Give Me My D'mn Job!!!!!

Since posting the news, however, a discovery was had during a phone call to my second cousin, Rene, to let her know that I'm officially an RN now. I don't have any kind of close relationship with her, but she's family and she's a nurse (her Joey brother, too) and that fact was pretty inspirational for me. What has also been inspirational for me was learning what I did about her other brother, Markie, around the time of his death on Pat's Peak in NH. He went after life and lived it to the fullest; so much so that there had to be, at minimum, 400 people at his funeral on the mountain. His life inspired me so much that I've kept the program from his service, with his photo, arms spread eagle doing a jump on the single, two-foot ski that he'd invented, here at my desk.

Well, in talking with Rene, I learned that today is the anniversary of his death...

Congratulations, Naydi. I knew you could do it. And when you're free later, let's have a table reserved at Red Lobster and a bottle of wine to celebrate your success! Text me anytime, but tomorrow, lol!

A little something for you, Naydi...

http://greetings.aol.com/view.pd?i=8635862...;source=aold992
Peachy

Aaaaaaaaaaawww....that's so sweet! Thank you Peachy and The Gang!!!

I'v been an RN for #*## years- I graduated just as the earth was cooling LOL. Congradulations!! I remember the wait to know about boards-it took weeks to get the results then. Now you guys know a lot faster. Saves on anxiety medications. What kind of nursing do you plan to do?
Always happy to hear about a new member of the group.
Nila

That program for Mark Parris is devastatingly beautiful. You've seized life with both hands, and you're headed up the mountain, too, Naydi. You'll conquer it.
http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1164975711814

Rowe,
Sorry, for the topic, i really had no idea it would get that reaction. I figured since some people had been say they were obsesive about somethings, i was just thinking that it... nvm it doesnt matter, just sorry. I wasnt trying to be disrespectful at all. I guess i should have thought about that. sorry for my mistake.

-CIlover

WOW!!! Look at you, Naydi! A REGISTERED NURSE! you should be so da*mn proud of yourself!
CONGRATULATIONS & May that HIGH PAYING job come ASAP.

Peachy, Thank you for including all of us here in your card to Naydi. That was truly thoughtful & generous of you!

(Bet you are the one at work who buys the greeting card for everone in the office to sign & collects the $$$$ for the gift, right?)

Woooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooo! That's my girl! Yup, yup, that smart one over there in the scrubs! Way to go, naydi...I know how much this means to you. Congrats!

Now, go forth and practice!

CONGRATULATIONS...

Sorry... I was late, but my computer has
been giving me problems today!! But better
late than never.

You've probably been celebrating all day...
Continued success in all that you do!

Well, I'm going to step out of the PC line here, and ask: WHAT was offensive? Provocative, yes. (Is there nothing NOT sacred? ) The poll vs the posts were informative too. Who is really OCD - as Naydi explained it- and who is, like most of us, only passingly preoccupied with a subject? And for those for whom OCD is a very real impediment - I salute you all - how in the world was this thread hurtful?

I took the time to look up OCD. Now I know a h*ll of a lot more than I did 48 hours ago. Is this a bad thing? Cannot we address difficult afflictions with good humour? Aren't asking and laughing and acquiring information essential to coping and understanding, on both sides of the fence?

I had the feeling that some members of this board found the topic theraputic. People bothered to vote. Look at the tally. No one was door-knocked on this. Speak or don't speak. The choice is so grindingly simple.

It seems to me that the question was posed not only in good faith, but in response to intimations made by several people here. Good for you. Thanks for raising the issue.

Maybe I was too flip in my non-OCD own post, and that may have sent hackles rising. Too bad. It seems to me that psychological and physical illnesses are only reinforced by pious respect and tiptoe treatment. Sunlight and laughter are scientifically sound applications for many disorders. Let the treatment begin here. It sure can't hurt.

Okay, so shoot me.

I agree with you, bwalter. There was nothing offensive posted that I could see. Isn't there a wildly popular TV series with a character with mild OCD called MONK?

I'm sure Rowe did receive some pm's about it. And I certainly don't want to come off insensitive. I don't have this condition, so I can't relate to how a person would feel about it being brought up. What I DO know is that CIlover2 meant no harm.

If a person wanted to, they could have a problem with anything.

Not to change the subject but...Does any one know why VDO
hasn't been on Inside the Actors Studio? Wondering if
he has declined or if James Lipton has not yet asked.
I realize he is a private person but hes been on other
interview type shows.


I would so love to see him inteviewed by James Lipton
and answer those ending questions. I checked through
all the seasons of this Bravo series but no VDO.

Any ideas???? Please!!!

I just read with interest moderator rowe's topic (now locked) on privacy issues.

While I completely agree that this NBC-operated forum is strictly a place to discuss the show, its fictional characters and the work of the professional actors -- I only wanted to add that there should never be guilt or shame associated with being called a "fan."

Definition from Wikipedia:
The difference between a fan and a fanatic is that while both have an overwhelming liking or interest in a given subject, behaviour of a fanatic will be viewed as violating prevailing social norms, while that of a fan will not violate those norms (although is usually considered unusual). (Thorne&Bruner 2006).

I think all of us will agree that this is a safe and normal way to share our mutual liking or interest -- within the kind moderator's boundaries and without violating anyone's privacy, of course.

Also, if anyone's interested, there is a most EXCELLENT book by Michael Joseph Gross called Starstruck: When a Fan Gets Close to Fame about the topic of fandom, what attracts (ALL of) us to certain celebrities throughout our lives and how some people, unfortunately, can't perceive fantasy from reality. Those sickos are most certainly not fans at all.

hmmmm Do I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder? I don't think I do. I mean I like to be organized but I can't say that I do. Isn't that what Monk has? lol!

Just because someone is obsessed about something doesn't mean they have OCD. Though I personally did not find it offensive, I can see where others would. I actually saw on Dr. Phill, yes I watch Dr. Phill , that a woman was so obsessed with germs that she washed her entire body with bleach every day! OUCH!!! OCD can be pretty bad and though it is curable, it is considered a menatal dissorder; at least that is what my Psycology professor had said.

Why did I not know you were a nurse??? Or did I but you've been really quiet about it? On Friday morning, I ended up walking the building from one end to the other, up the fire steps on either side, up to the fourth floor, then back down here to the basement. It's a good thing that Peggy, the one woman in the office who did, quit smoking last year because I would have ended up starting again!! After the h'll I went through to quit the last time (joined an MGH study in order to do it - thankfully, I avoided getting the dreaded placebo...) that's saying a lot!!!

Once I get my min. 1 year of med/surg under my belt, I'll be heading to an ICU. From there the plan ends - for now...

Thank you both for sharing such beautiful wishes of congratulations - I'm saving Both!!!!

na